Home›Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games›All Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesBrowse ByAll Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesReference and ClassificationVerifiedGames won primarily by achieving a line, connection or configuration of pieces, another Parlett family, covering Connect Four, Dots and Boxes, Gomoku, Hex, Nine Men's Morris and Tic-tac-toe, plus Nim, a purely mathematical combinatorial game placed here as the tree's closest available neighbor rather than left as a singleton. Belongs here: abstract games of alignment, connection or combinatorial calculation with no element of chance. Does not belong here: territorial-control games, grouped under Space and Territory Games, or piece-capture games, grouped under Displacement and Capture Games.FactsAll Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesFAQsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonDefining CharacteristicWell-attestedAbstract strategy games are games like chess, checkers (draughts), and Go: typically strategy games with minimal or no narrative theme, an outcome determined mostly by player choice with minimal or no randomness, and little to no hidden information. 1All Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesFilter Results101 entriesSportAllBoard Game (40)Children's Game (1)Puzzle (6)Strategy Game (75)Tabletop Game (1)Player CountAllLarge Group or Variable (2)Single-Player (2)Small Group (3-6 Players) (13)Two-Player (79)Origin RegionAllAsia (2)Botswana (1)Burkina Faso (1)Cambridge (1)China (2)Eastern Europe (1)Europe (2)France (3)Germany (3)Ghana (1)Greece (2)Horn of Africa (1)Japan (2)Kenya (1)New Orleans (1)New Zealand (1)Niger (1)North America (2)Northern Europe (2)Somalia (1)South Africa (1)South Korea (1)Southern Europe (1)Sudan (1)Sweden (1)Switzerland (1)Taiwan (1)United States (4)West Africa (1)Western Europe (1)Origin YearAll1595 (1)1848 (1)1856 (1)1889 (1)1899 (1)1925 (1)1937 (1)1942 (1)1946 (1)1949 (1)1951 (1)1953 (1)1962 (1)1968 (1)1969 (1)1972 (2)1974 (1)1975 (2)1976 (1)1977 (2)1978 (1)1979 (1)1980 (1)1981 (2)1982 (2)1983 (2)1985 (1)1987 (3)1990 (1)1991 (1)1992 (1)1994 (1)1995 (1)1997 (2)1999 (3)2000 (3)2001 (2)2002 (2)2003 (4)2004 (2)2005 (3)2007 (2)2008 (3)2010 (1)2011 (1)2014 (1)2016 (1)2017 (2)Derived FromAllNim (1)Three men's morris (1)Tic-tac-toe (2)Playing Time BandAll30 to 90 Minutes (4)Under 30 Minutes (3)Skill or LuckAllMixed (1)Skill (9)Age SuitabilityAllChildren (1)Family (5)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 503D tic-tac-toeAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesAbalone (board game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesAchi (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesAdugoAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesAnti-computer tacticsAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesArimaaAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesAstar (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesAzul (board game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesBatooAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesBeirut chessAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesBlockade (board game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesBlokusAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesBreakthrough (board game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesChompAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesClobberAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesConnect FourAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesConnect6Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesConspirateursAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesDala (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesDao (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesDara (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesDiaballikAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesDiabolical cubeAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesDodgemAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesDomineeringAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesDots and BoxesAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesEgg of Columbus (tangram puzzle)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesEight queens puzzleAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesEntropy (board game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesEpaminondas (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesFutile gameAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesGIPF (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesGIPF ProjectAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesGomokuAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesHare gamesAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesHavannah (board game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesHexAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesHive (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesIngenious (board game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesIsolation (board game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesKamisadoAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesKhet (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy GamesKibitzerAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesLudemeAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesLYNGKAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesMorabarabaAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesMū tōrereAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesMutilated chessboard problemAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesNd gameAlignment and Abstract Strategy GamesNeutron (game)Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games123Next →FAQsWhy is Nim placed in the Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games category?Nim is a purely mathematical combinatorial game placed here as the closest available neighbor rather than left as its own singleton category.Alignment and Abstract Strategy Games covers games won primarily by achieving a line, connection or configuration of pieces, such as Connect Four, Gomoku, Hex and Tic-tac-toe. Nim, a purely mathematical combinatorial game, is placed here as the tree's closest available neighbor rather than left as a singleton, since it shares the family's no-chance, abstract-calculation character even though it is not itself an alignment game.Sources1. Wikipedia: Abstract strategy gametier 2WikipediaAbstract strategy game, lead sectionQuote, Abstract strategy game, lead sectionAbstract strategy games are games like chess, checkers (draughts), and Go. They are typically strategy games with minimal or no narrative theme, an outcome determined mostly by player choice (with minimal or no randomness; deterministic), and in which there is little to no hidden information (also called perfect information games).View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.